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Thanks to students and staff in PAIS for supporting the visit of Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca to the Department on 2 March – it was a wonderful day.

Her Excellency, who is an Honorary Professor in the Department, met Undergraduates in the PAIS Common Room and challenged them to take responsibility in their future careers for engaging with global political issues including migration, climate change, war, development, poverty, and inequality.

Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams, Head of PAIS, commented:

“Having held a distinguished political career for over forty years, Her Excellency knows a thing or two about Politics and International Studies. As her article last year in Prospect outlines, she is committed to addressing issues of economic, social, and political injustice – issues that are at the heart of research and teaching in the Department. We look forward to developing this unique collaboration by engaging with the work of her new Institute for Peace and Well-Being”.

Afterwards, H.E. delivered a Distinguished Lecture, entitled ‘Migration and peace-building in the Mediterranean’, hosted by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Stuart Croft. She said:

“We must find ways of moving away from the stereotypes and prejudices that have come, all too often, to define our discourses on migration. It is vital that we prioritise the importance of wellbeing as a guide in our conceptual and practical approaches in these areas. We must resist those who would label migrants as intruders or burdens on society. Instead, we must bring to light the reality of added values and opportunities that migrants bring to our communities”.

The full text of her lecture can be accessed here:

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Photos from the event can also be found on Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca's .

The Guardian newspaper recently featured an exclusive interview with one of our current MA students, Sungju Lee. Sungju is currently enrolled on the MA in International Relations.

The profile discusses Sungju's experiences as a North Korean defector and his forthcoming novel - a work of young adult fiction entitled . In the article Sungju discusses how his ‘market generation’ has the potential to bring genuine change to the North Korean regime.

PhD Research Fellow in PAIS, has been selected as a Fellow for the American Political Science Association's MENA Workshop 2016. Fellowships are highly competitive and the workshop programme develops current research related to civil society in the Arab region and the changing state-society dynamics engendered by the Arab Uprisings post-2010.

In an article for European Geostrategy, PAIS PhD researcher argues that it is in the West’s interest to provide far more substantial support to Tunisia in order to consolidate its democracy and make it an example for other states in the region.

Dr has recently written an article for titled Does Immigration Induce Terrorism?

"There is a heated debate on whether immigration is associated with domestic and transnational terrorism. As of yet, however, we lacked rigorous evidence that could inform this debate. As a contribution to address this shortcoming, we report spatial-econometric analyses of migrant inflows and the number of terrorist attacks in 145 countries between 1970 and 2000. The results suggest that migrants stemming from terrorist-prone states moving to another country are indeed an important vehicle through which terrorism does diffuse. Having said that, the findings also highlight that migrant inflows per se actually lead to a lower level of terrorist attacks. This research significantly improves our understanding of international and domestic terrorism and has critical implications for the scholastic approach to terrorism, as well as for countries’ immigration policies worldwide."

The article can be purchased and the University's press release can be .

Dr Bove's article has also received considerable media coverage:

Washington Post:

International Business Times:

Slate:

Homeland Security News Wire: 

Columbus Dispatch:

Migrants Rights:

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